Nugget Lament chords by Buck Owens

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Verse 1
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Thank  (G major) you ladies and gentlemen.
My name's Buck.
Y 'all know yours.
Hey, we want to begin
with a song that's a true song.
I wrote it and I lived it.
It's a song for the gamblers
and the would -be gamblers
and some of them that
don't gamble no more.
It's entitled very simply
The Nugget Lament.
You know when you lament about something
it means you're sorry.
Brother we're sorry.
The story begins thusly.
Well, I came to the nugget
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with my  (C major) pockets full of money,
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 (G major) a big old diamond ring on my  (D major) hand.
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I  (G major) drove into town
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in a  (C major) big long Cadillac.
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 (G major) I  was a  (D major) man with a  (G major) plan.
With a smile on my face,
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I walked  (C major) up to the table
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and  (G major) I threw down a hundred dollar  (D major) bill.
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I said,  (G major) back boys,
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give me room  (C major) and let me at 'em,
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 (G major) prosperity's  (D major) just over the hill.  (G major) 
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Alas,  (A major) they  (D major) took my  (G major) bankroll,
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my  (C major) diamond ring,  (G major) my Cadillac.
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My life savings are  (A major) down the drain,
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an (D major) d that's a fact.
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 (G major) But the thing that hurt the most,
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bout the  (C major) whole dang dack,
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Was his auda (G major) city to  (D major) smile and say,
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Please  (G major) hurry back.  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
Second verse, same song.
Well, I called Brother Bill.
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I said,  (D major) send me some money
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For  (A major) I could feel a hot streak a  (E major) -comin'  on
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He said,  (A major) sorry, I'm broke,
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I just got home  (D major) from the nugget
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Why  (A major) don't you  (E major) try our cousin  (A major) Joe?
Well, so now here I sit down
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 (D major) at Western Union
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Wait (A major) in' for my bus fare
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to come  (E major) in  (Esus4)  (A major) Bakersfield,
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 (D major) I'm on my way dear  (A major) old dad
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 (E major) it's come through  (A major) again
they took my bankroll
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my  (D major) diamond ring my  (A major) Cadillac
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had the audacity to  (B major) smile and say
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please  (E major) hurry back
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but  (D major)  (E major) when he grin  (A major) said let's be friends
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I  (D major) thought I'd croak
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or if I  (A major) ever need a  (E major) friend again
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I'll  (A major) buy a dog
Hey, as I told you before,
this is your show and do whatever you came to do
and let us help you, okay?
Hey, this song we want to do for you now
is a song from an
album that we have out
that we think is the real
honest -to -goodness
all -American music,
and it begins this way.